Ganivelle de protection de plage à Soulac-sur-Mer — Soulac. Photo: Touam (Hervé Agnoux), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Soulac-sur-Mer

Soulac-sur-Mer is a town in Gironde, France. From Soulac-sur-Mer you can reach 4 surf spots, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Soulac, a surf spot 0.6 km from the centre. Overture lists 23 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is LRH, 74 km away.

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Staying in Soulac-sur-Mer

23 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: LRH, 74 km, Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD), 83 km, EGC, 150 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Soulac-sur-Mer. Spots further out are listed below.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Soulac-sur-Mer each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Soulac-sur-Mer too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate Expert

Spot

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Amélie3.7 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft150 kJ

2 ft150 kJ

4 ft459 kJ

3 ft151 kJ

8 ft919 kJ

7 ft1621 kJ

9 ft1232 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Amélie, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	49, good	3 ft10 ssoft	150kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 7 knots	15°C
Mon 19Oct	27, too small	2 ft15 ssoft	150kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots, offshore	14°C
Tue 20Oct	51, good	4 ft12 ssoft	459kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	5, poor	3 ft9 smushy	151kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 20 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 smushy	919kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 8 knots	17°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	7 ft13 smushy	1,621kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 22 knots	16°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 smushy	1,232kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots	16°C

La Chambrette6.6 kmabout 15 min by carStays in Le Verdon-sur-MerNeeds 5 ft+

1 ft14 kJ

<1 ft9 kJ

1 ft39 kJ

3 ft155 kJ

2 ft70 kJ

7 ft1125 kJ

3 ft103 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at La Chambrette, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	2, too small	1 ft10 smushy	14kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots	15°C
Mon 19Oct	1, too small	under 1 ft16 s	9kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	14°C
Tue 20Oct	7, too small	1 ft11 ssoft	39kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 10 knots, offshore	15°C
Wed 21Oct	14, too small	3 ft8 ssoft	155kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 12 knots, offshore	15°C
Thu 22Oct	9, too small	2 ft9 ssoft	70kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	58, good	7 ft11 ssoft	1,125kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 17 knots, offshore	16°C
Sat 24Oct	15, too small	3 ft9 ssoft	103kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots, offshore	16°C

Soulac0.6 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft142 kJ

2 ft150 kJ

4 ft441 kJ

3 ft145 kJ

7 ft839 kJ

5 ft890 kJ

9 ft1175 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Soulac, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	48, good	3 ft9 ssoft	142kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 7 knots	15°C
Mon 19Oct	27, too small	2 ft15 ssoft	150kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots, offshore	14°C
Tue 20Oct	52, good	4 ft12 ssoft	441kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	5, poor	3 ft9 smushy	145kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 20 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 smushy	839kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 8 knots	17°C
Fri 23Oct	5, poor	5 ft13 smushy	890kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 22 knots	16°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 smushy	1,175kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots	16°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Soulac-sur-Mer, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

This spot is more than 20 km from Soulac-sur-Mer. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

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Le Pin Sec27.3 kmabout 50 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft188 kJ

2 ft154 kJ

4 ft488 kJ

3 ft155 kJ

8 ft983 kJ

9 ft2342 kJ

10 ft1339 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Le Pin Sec, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	55, good	3 ft10 ssoft	188kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots	15°C
Mon 19Oct	27, too small	2 ft15 scrumbling	154kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots, offshore	15°C
Tue 20Oct	58, good	4 ft12 ssoft	488kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	6, poor	3 ft9 smushy	155kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots	16°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 smushy	983kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	9 ft13 smushy	2,342kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots	16°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	10 ft9 smushy	1,339kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 7 knots	17°C

Places to eat near Soulac-sur-Mer

Pizzeria Chez Pep'sPizza · 0.1 km from the centre
Bistrot Tartines et CompagnieFrench · 0.2 km from the centre
L'Instant MFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
La Station 1900French · 0.3 km from the centre
Le LBFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
Le Grill OcéanFrench · 0.4 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Soulac-sur-Mer, France